Association between prenatal and childhood PM exposure and preadolescent anxiety and depressive symptoms.

Background: Fine particulate matter (PM) exposure has been linked to anxiety and depression in adults; however, there is limited research in the younger populations, in which symptoms often first arise.

Methods: We examined the association between early-life PM exposure and symptoms of anxiety and depression in a cohort of 8-11-year-olds in Mexico City. Anxiety and depressive symptoms were assessed using the Spanish versions of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale and Children's Depression Inventory.

[Management of puncture pain in hospitalized children].

Unlabelled: Punctures are the main cause of pain during hospitalization in pediatrics. The application of a protocolized management improves the hospitalization experience.

Objective: To describe the in troduction of different strategies aimed at relieving pain associated with punctures in a pediatric middle care unit.

Microscopic agglutination test: Variables that affect the time of serological confirmation of human leptospirosis cases.

Leptospirosis is considered an endemic disease in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, with human cases reported annually from rural and urban areas. The aim of the study was to describe the variables that influence the delay in the serological confirmation of leptospirosis in human cases (period 2006-2014) from Buenos Aires province. Sixty-four percent (64%) of cases could be confirmed by microscopic agglutination test (MAT) with the first sample.